CodePen vs WebStorm
CodePen
codepen.io
WebStorm
jetbrains.comSide by side
| Figure | CodePen | WebStorm |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Front End Tools | 8.6 (#4) | 7.5 (#17) |
| Founded | 2012 | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Bend, Oregon, United States | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Integrations | Users can add external CSS and JavaScript resources, use other Pens as resources, and search for JavaScript and CSS libraries from CDNjs. | WebStorm integrates with Git and GitHub, Prettier, Docker, npm, Yarn, and pnpm. |
| Purpose | CodePen is a social development environment for front-end designers and developers to build, test, deploy, share, and discover front-end code. | WebStorm is an IDE for JavaScript and TypeScript development. |
| Security | CodePen says it uses security processes, firewalls, and generally available security technologies, and states that it cannot guarantee data security from intrusion or unauthorized release. | JetBrains says its Trust Center provides details about security practices, compliance certifications, data protection, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR compliance. |
| Support | CodePen directs users to its documentation and an online support form, and lists [email protected] as a contact address. | Non-commercial license users receive support through public forums and the bug tracker. |
Plans
WebStorm
- Non-commercial useFree
- Commercial license — individualPrice not published
In their own words
CodePen
CodePen is a web-based social development environment for creating, testing, deploying, sharing and discovering front-end code. In a Pen, users write HTML, CSS and JavaScript and see a live browser preview. It supports HTML preprocessors such as Markdown, Haml, Slim and Pug, and CSS preprocessors including Sass, Less, Stylus and PostCSS. The CodePen 2.0 editor supports automatic preprocessing, live previews, file systems, version history, collaboration and one-click Pen deployment. Users can add external CSS and JavaScript resources, reuse other Pens, find libraries through CDNjs and import bare npm packages through its compiler. Pens can be embedded on other websites, and CodePen documents a REST API and other embed and prefill options. Pens and Projects are public by default. PRO users can make Pens and Collections private, but anyone with the shared URL can view them without logging in. The free plan includes unlimited public Pens and three files per Pen. Starter costs $8 a month, Developer $12 a month and Super $26 a month. CodePen does not offer a self-hosted version.